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By Scott Taylor
Chandler, Arizona
I believe Mitt Romney’s motivation in running for President is helping others and Service above self. In July 1996, …
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February 20, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Phoenix, State Capitol)—-Thursday the Arizona State Senate passed a bill that would eliminate city water fees and publicly fund the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Senators approved SB 1288 on a 30-0 vote and sent the bill to the House.
The …
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By 2020, “the American health insurance industry will be extinct,” writes Ezekiel Emanuel, on the New York Times opinion blog. Is this sometime advisor to the Obama White House saying that the insurance companies who were “at the table” with …
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SCOTUSBlog reports:
Returning for the first time in nine years to the ongoing controversy over the use of race in public college admissions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review the constitutionality of a broad affirmative action program used to admit the freshman …
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(Phoenix, State Capitol)—-Governor Brewer today signed SB 1046, a bill that allows companies that do business in multiple states to choose their corporate income tax formulas. For companies based in Arizona but providing services in other states, it will mean big savings.
“I appreciate the Governor’s …
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Rick Santorum is appearing at the Maricopa County GOP Lincoln Day lunch with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and recently recalled Russell Pearce. Ultimately, Arpaio stated he would not endorse any candidate until after Tuesday’s primaries, and that he will let the voters decide, but …
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Pinal County’s top prosecutor has asked a special panel formed to investigate alleged violations of public trust to review claims made against Sheriff Paul Babeu, and Attorney General Tom Horne said he will investigate Babeu at the embattled lawman’s …
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On February 8, at the Goldwater Institute, the Arizona Mainstream Project hosted a panel on Obamacare moderated by Terry Gilberg (550 AM Radio). Present were Attorney Diane Cohen, Rep. John Shadegg, Dr. Jeffrey Silver, and Economist Dr. Byron Schlomach.
The GOP caucuses in the Arizona House and Senate have filed identical budget bills, whose contents were released last night. Passage of the bills through the legislature is expected to move swiftly as a result of this unity. Negotiations with the Governor’s office …Arizona Elected Officials, Featured, Headline, News and Opinion »
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From the Arizona Republic:
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning unanimously appointed Northwest Valley Republican Phil Lovas to the Legislative District 4 House of Representatives seat, formerly filled by Judy Burges.
The supervisors last month appointed Burges to the Legislative District 4 …
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So there you are, out for a hike in the woods. You’re hugging the ridge line, admiring the stunning rock formations on a small cliff wall, when you come across a tunnel leading into the side of the hill. Upon examination, you realize that it …
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In a previous post, we showed a video produced by the Republicans on the promises made by Obama and the Democrats about all the grand things that would happen as a result of the stimulus. Those things did not come to pass.
In fact, …
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It’s been 3 years since President Obama signed the stimulus passed by the Democrat Majority in the Senate. Those 3 years? “The longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression” (CBO, 2/16/12). http://nrsc.org
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Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has vowed to continue his bid for Congress, and he continues to deny allegations that he threatened his lover with deportation if he revealed their relationship. However, the pressure on him remains, and is coming from various …
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What may be the final GOP debate of this cycle will take place at the Mesa Arts Center on Wednesday at 6:00 PM. The debate is being hosted by CNN in advance of the Arizona and Michigan primaries to be held on Tuesday, …
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Every writer develops pet peeves. Conservative political writers—being up against an ideology that is often simultaneously unserious and conceited, irrational and hostile—develop lots of them.
One of mine is the subject of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” This is producing a domestic energy boom. It is creating …
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One good thing that candidate Gingrich did was open to discussion the role of the judiciary. Personally, I balk at his suggestion that judges should be called before Congress to explain and defend their dopey decisions. That is, unless members of Congress are then called …
